Daily cholera info drive conducted in E.B. Magalona
THE Municipal Health Office (MHO) is conducting a daily information drive on cholera and other foodborne and water-borne diseases, in all 23 barangays of E. B. Magalona from October 17 to November 3.
Municipal Health Officer Dr. Edmundo Janeo Jr. said the MHO team is led by Dr. Frayne Marie Tampus, a physician of the Department of Health -Doctors to the Barrios assigned to E. B. Magalona, and Nurse Armalene Yocson, with the assistance of nurses and midwives assigned in the respective barangays, a statement from the town government said
The information campaign, which emphasizes on prevention and control of cholera, diarrhea, and other food-borne and water-borne diseases by practicing food safety and water sanitation, is being held in barangay halls and barangay covered courts, Janeo added.
Aside from that, the information drive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) booster vaccination is also part of the campaign.
So far, information campaigns had been conducted in Barangays 1 and 2, San Jose, Santo Nino, Tabigue and Damgo.
On Monday, Mayor Marvin Malacon had declared a cholera outbreak in three barangays – Batea, 3 (Poblacion), and Tanza—after the town had recorded four cases of cholera.
Tanza has two cases, where one patient died, while Batea and 3 (Poblacion) have one case each.
“Rest assured that your municipal officials and concerned agencies, including the Municipal Health Office, are on top of the situation,” Malacon had said.
The MHO had submitted water samples from three barangays with cholera cases to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa last Friday, and the results of the bacteriological tests are expected to be released this week, Janeo said.
The MHO is also in the process of collecting water samples from the remaining 20 barangays this week and will be submitting them to RITM as well, he added.
Meanwhile, Malacon appealed to residents to exercise more caution in their food and water consumption.
In case of LBM (loose bowel movement) or vomiting, go to the hospital or seek assistance from barangay officials or the MHO and we are ready to help you, Malacon stressed,